I received a delightful invitation from Katie Edwards (Director) of the Biggin Hill Memorial Museum to discuss areas of co-operation and in particular the 80th anniversary of the Battle of Britain this year. The Museum building has been designed to be non-obtrusive next to the Chapel which was modelled on a 1950s simplicity that would focus attention on memoralising 'The Few' and other pilots that lost their lives in operations during the Second World War. The reception area includes a ...
morePlease consider joining The Spitfire Society today as we have an exciting programme ahead and as a member you’ll be supporting it and have the opportunity to benefit and participate.Members get 10% off our merchandise range using a coupon code found in the member’s area of the website. The member’s area also contains further benefits such as exclusive content and further discounts on museums. We’ve just added over 300 images of Spitfires at the recent Duxford Battle of ...
moreI received a delightful invitation from Robert Westbrook (Trustee of ...
moreThe Spitfire Society is happy to announce that our Spitfire replica Aksel was successfully moved from Beale Park today thanks to the professionalism of Active Transport Ltd. Hopefully after some restoration and repainting she will be joining the North East Land, Sea and Air Museums in Sunderland. To find out more and contribute see http://www.spitfiresociety.org/donate-us....
moreAir Models are offering a discount scheme using the link below which also benefits the Society with a percentage of each sale being donated to our charitable objectives. We'll regularly publicise some of their great models in return. https://airmodels.net/?...
moreRoyal International Air Tattoo 2018 images now available in the member's area of the website along with more exclusive content....
moreSouthampton has a number of memorials to the Supermarine workers ...
moreBackgroundI had always been a keen aviation enthusiast from an early age. I was very lucky as a child in having parents that encouraged my hobbies and interests. A stable diet of all sorts of Airfix models and of course the Spitfire were built in many scales. I started with the simpler models before moving onto the larger and more complex offerings. The 1/24 Spitfire was the best, with it's rubber tyres and moving parts. The big change from plastic ...
moreThe Spitfire Society is proud to announce that we now have a complete run of periodicals (1984-2018) available to members as digital files. This represents a treasure trove of information so why not join today at http://spitfiresociety.org/content-Membership … and start accessing our exclusive content....
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